bicycle and is recovering from a severe concussion after falling 50' over the weekend. >> he said how he slips in and out of knowing what he is doing. >> because of a head injury they are concerned there could be something wrong or he could be in danger. >> i will be just fine, better than ever. i promise i'll see you guys again. >> abraham posted that youtube video on wednesday but he left home without his phone or wallet and didn't make it to class yesterday. his friends and family are passing out missing pens flyers. >> attackers drag add woman off a bus in attempt to steal her smartphone. three men are wanted in connection with the assault. this is image of a suspect. the victim was holding the phone

when a man tried to grab it and the victim would not let go and was dragged off the bus. two others are accused of blocking the path of anyone who tried to help. >> more officers will hit the streets in san jose after rising property trains. 43 recruits will graduate from the san jose police academy, the first academy graduation for the police department since 2009. there were 28,000 property crimes in the city last year, a 30 percent increase from 2011. today, the ceremony takes part in downtown san jose. >> san francisco city crews will try to repair the damage caused by a natural gas leak. it forced evacuation of five homes near 25th and alabama. we were over the leak minutes after a backhoe sliced into a 2" gas line. the work crews punched two holes in the pavement to get to the leak when they shut it out after

an hour. >> in hayward the last part of the downtown traffic look loop begins tonight and through the weekend. this animation provided by the city shows how the loop works. it starts at the intersection of foothill boulevard, mission and jackson street. it is designed to ease congestion and make downtown access easier as part of the highway 238 corridor improvement project. construction wraps up in time for monday morning commute. >> tonight a $2 million repaving project begins at the ferry terminal making a tough parking situation worse. most of the work will be performed on the weekend to minimize the impact on the ferry riders but officials say it will take several months to complete. four to five rows of parking will close from 8:00 p.m. on friday and 5:30 a.m. on monday. >> lot of road and infrastructure work. the weather great for that.

>> unfortunately we have not had a lot of rain. maybe there is some in the future. >> next week, on tuesday night into wednesday but the winter storm is still on the way. our temperatures show most of us cooler than yesterday other than san francisco and oakland and the airport is one degree warmer and half moon bay is two degrees warmer. the lack of clouds means the temperatures are going to run cooler but they are not that bad. the cool spot is napa at 4. novato and santa rosa at 41. legates at 44 and fremont is at 43 right now. concord is 49 and hayward is 47. 56 in antioch and mountain view at 50 and oakland at 53. throughout the day, we will see thinner clouds. we will see more sunshine. temperatures will be like yesterday. through the holiday weekend, we will have high clouds and sunshine tomorrow. we will have breezes on saturday and sunday with the temperatures tapering headed into monday. >> good morning, everyone, happy

friday. the situation in livermore is improving at the big-rig fire but is in the reverse commute direction eastbound 580 at airway saying only one lane is blocked. that is an improvement. it was blocking three right lanes. they still issuing a sig-alert and westbound is not bad at this hour. we have a car in a ditch in san leandro area, northbound 880, possibly blocking when the tow truck gets this. approaching the bay bridge from san francisco side, eastbound 80 the skyway, the car hit the guardrail and blocking the left lane the. >> the pope gets down do business. the powerful message he is sending about change. >> relief for passengers on a stalled cruise ship and now passengers on another could be facing a voyage from...well... the "t" word.

>> and galaxy has been unveiled by samsung. the tech editor says it is solid but the gimmicks may not be enough to switch iphone users. >> she likes the new app with the special camera. >> news agency social media editor is charged with helping to hack the "los angeles times" website, and the justice department says the man was fire add few days earlier by the television station owned by the same company as the "los angeles times" and he gave log in information to the

>> cupertino, concord, wine country, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> good morning, 4:39 on this friday. a live look at san francisco and the bay bridge. it looks like it is windy but it

is not that much. there are just a few clouds. mike will tell you about a cool down for st. patrick's day and a bigger change next week. >> president obama is coming to the bay area to help raise money for fellow democrats. he will headline fundraisers in san francisco on april 3 and 4 with the money earmarked for next year's midterm congressional elections. he was last here on a fundraising trip in october for his re-election campaign. democrats are focused on retaining control of the senate and trying to regain control of the house of representatives. >> this could be the first quiet day of pope francis since becoming the leader of the catholic church immediating -- meeting with the cardinals today. they include the cardinal whose took part in the conclave that elected him and those over 80 who were not eligible to take part. we are learning more of the new leader, a simple man. he plans to stay that way. marci gonzalez is in rome with more.

>> after the holy tradition of first mass celebrated in the sistine chapel pope francis will take some of the messages discussed in year's simple mass about building a solid foundation for the church and lay the first brick, the first official meeting with the cardinals. >> he will be a simple person. he will not speak in grand terms but will try to say things and do things simply. >> a simple nature we are starting to hear so much about and see put in practice. from his renical to wear a gold cross, going for a modest wooden bitch cross as he met the faithful to the decision to spend part of the first full day stopping by the hotel where he lived for weeks before the conclave, not sending someone else to run errands but paying the bill himself. >> he was concerned about giving a good example of what priests and bishops should do.

>> we are learning about his beliefs. he has called abortion a "death sentence," gay marriage, destructive of god's plan and suggested contraception which the church opposed could be permissible to stop the spread of disease. the pope is making first impressions, a quiet, modest man, going the business of ling the church. marci gonzalez for abc7 news in rome. >> baseball fans can check out a true world series at at&t park starting out this weekend. workers are putting the finishing touches on the home ballpark for the finals of the world baseball classic, semi final action begins sunday evening when japan plays a yet to be determined opponent and the championship game is tuesday. local hotels and restaurants expect extra business thanks to visiters coming from around the globe. the city projects the fans will spend over $850,000 enjoying three days of baseball.

>> the oakland athletic league has the first hall of fame class celebrating the public high school legends that are local. that includes baseball ham of famers henderson and joe dorgan and jackie problem -- robinson and the only american man to of win the grand slam. v.i.p. reception will be held at the court side club of oracle arena. >> now a look at the forecast from mike. >> not a bad drive in this morning. not so much fog. more clear. here is what is going on with live doppler 7 hd, you can see it is quiet outside this morning and our next best chance of rain is going to be tuesday into wednesday so if you are thinking of watering the lawn or washing the cars, you have a couple of days. >> here is a look at downtown

san francisco, it is 49 in the financial district, and redwood city and half moon bay are the same. 46 in san mateo. palo alto is 44. the east bay, from the hills to the east bay shore, that is not so cloudy as yesterday at 48 in oakland and walnut creek and 47 in pleasanton and antioch is at 56. 87, down in san jose, you can see it is 48 degrees and 49 in morgan hill. cupertino is 44, and milpitas is 45 and mountain view is the warm spot at 50. from the north bay, we can see sausalito and san francisco and down to the san mateo bridge, 41 in santa rosa and petaluma and novato is 44. napa is at 45. today, it will be brighter and mild with high clouds and sunshine, not so thick as yesterday. breezy through the weekend and

the rain returns tuesday and wednesday. from sunnyvale to cupertino, it is 70. on the peninsula we will have mid-to-upper 60's and menlo park is 71. clouds along the coast and upper 50's to near 60 and mid-60's in downtown and south san francisco, and sausalito 57 but low-to-mid 70's through the north bay valley and 60 at your beeps and around 67 to 70's on the east bay shore with oakland at 70. we will head inland, san ramon, 69, and low-to-mid 70's and as you head to brentwood, 77 degrees. tonight, it will be mostly clear with more fog along the coast and that could spill into the bay and mid-to-upper 40's inland and near 50 along the coast. tuesday morning, you can see by the evening hours rain is moving in the north bay and we will get rain overnight when and through the day wednesday that means sierra snow, also. the seven-day outlook shows temperatures remaining above average until tuesday, where we will be average then and then

below average with rain on wednesday. sue? >> normally, friday afternoon is the get away eastbound 580 and we have an issue if you are trying to get away early, eastbound in livermore, right at the airway exit, a big rig, the brakes caught on fire and the right lane is blocked with a sig-alert issued. the westbound commute is looking good over the altamont pass and through livermore. we have an accident with a car in a ditch north 880 with the tow truck coming on the scene and possibly blocking a lane when it is pulled out. c.h.p. is updating this issue with solo spin out left lane, not the bay bridge, they saying, no, it was the carquinez bridge, so, eastbound 80 before the carquinez bridge there is a car blocking the left lane. >> big different for instance, sue. thank you for clearing that up. happening now, more trouble for carnival cruise line, a ship is

stuck in port and a second ship is having trouble getting home. the charge value -- charges are that there is a mechanical problem that is slowing the speed of the "legend" and the captain is headed to florida right now. passengers on the stranded "dream" in st. martin will be flown home today after reporting problems with an emergency generator. >> everyone gave me a hard time when i was booking this cruise saying i cannot believe you are going on carnival after what happened. >> last month, a fire tripleed a carnival ship and passengers were stranded for five days. 4,200 passengers told stories such as sleeping on the decks. >> bad weather delaying the return of three astronauts from the international space station. they were scheduled to land in a capsule in central kazakhstan but fog is preventing

helicopters from flying to the touchdown site. the astronauts will now return tomorrow. they have been at the space station to five months now. >> in imitation is the sincerest form of flattery than facebook may have a crush on twitter the. >> the unintended consequence of furloughing state workers and the billions of tax dollars save

>> good morning, everyone, 4:50 on abc7 news. a live look from our high definition roof tom camera -- top camera in san francisco, you can see the buildings and not the fog. mike will tell us about the weather including a chance of rain next week. >> you will soon have another option to get around a bay area because of a bicycle sharing program. there is an agreement with a

pilot program for bicycle share. you can pick up and drop off bicycles at 70 locations between san francisco and san jose. the cost is still up in the air. a similar program in washington, dc, charges $75 for an annual pass. >> the spring break is leading san francisco's muni system to reduce service while students are out of school part of a strategy they first tried over the holiday season in december when fewer people were using the city buses and trolls and streetcars. this will we reduce the frequency on a dozen routes from march 25 to march 29. they saved $275,000 by reducing routes during the holiday season. >> there is word that twitter is ready to launch a music service acquiring the music service last year "we are hunted." they will launch a app by the

end of the month and will suggest artists and songs based on which twitter accounts users follow. >> another big change to facebook with "wall street journal" saying they are working on incorporating hash tags to let index conversations making it easier for users to take part in conversations on specific topics. facebook hopes this gives users more reason to stay on the site and click on ads. >> i will mention our own hash tag, so if you want the conversation index, go ahead. >> we are talking about twitter, not facebook, but eventually. >> not so much fog? >> not at all. a nice start. here is the live doppler 7 hd across the state, again, it is dry. our best chance of seeing clouds is in the south where it will be warm again, at 78 in los angeles to 68 in san diego and 61 in tahoe and upper 70's for low 80's through the central valley, and 62 in monterey.

here is a look from heavenly and you can see it is quiet on the mountains right now. it will be warm again but not our third record high in a row. 67 yesterday set a record high again. 69 the day before was the record. we will see temperatures cool back closer to the average by sunday at 51. no snow is in the forecast. that comes tuesday and wednesday. sue? >> we have wood debris in lanes and the bay bridge toll please and the crews are out there trying to clear. i am not seeing in i delays whatever but be aware that some of the cars could be running over the wood that will splinter there. we go back and still have a sig-alert issued in livermore for a big-rig fire that now is out. the big rig is blocking the right lane county however, c.h.p. and crews are there rapping -- wrapping that up. westbound is looking good from the a -- the altamont pass, and

a tow trouble will be on the way to get that vehicle out of the road. we will follow that for you. >> the furlough days designed to save the state of california money are proving very costly. a report by the independent legislative analyst office says california paid more than $270 million to cash out state employee leave last year. that is an all-time high. >> furlough employees use the furloughs rather than vacation, and, in fact, they still have banked furlough days. >> the liability of the banked days is so heavy the report encourages lawmakers to consider a leave "buy back" program to wipe the time off the books and it suggests that the state impose a use it or lose it policy on future leave accrual and clamp down on enforcing the leave cap which some departments routinely ignore. >> the strong holiday season

wasn't strong enough if the second harvest food bank despite what officials describe as overwhelming generosity they missed their goal by $300,000. unless they can raise the funds they will be unable to serve 600,000 meals this year, 2 1/2 months worth of meals. if you can help go to abc7news.com and click on "see it on tv." >> boeing is confident the grounded jets will be back in the air in a matter of weeks. the again says they are finished testing redesigned batteries on a third of the boeing 787 dreamliner which still needs f.a.a. approval but bowing is confident that will happen. they say the new design includes several extra layers of safety to prevent battery fires. the issue forced regulators to ground the planes worldwide in january just days after all nippon launched nonstop service between san jose and tokyo. >> it is almost 4:56. despite the success of courtroom

reality shows some proceedings you cannot see on tv, the supreme court. two justices from the highest court tell a house committee that televiseing court proceedings would be disruptive. they say the court is conservative and is not ready for tv during a hearing on proposed cuts to the court budget. >> despite laws aimed at curbing distracted driving up to two-thirds of americans use their cell phones while driving. the survey by the centers for disease control shows that 69 percent of americans talk on their phone while driving. 31 percent read or send text messages. that rate is much higher than in seven european countries. portugal was closest in the pentagon of people using their phones while behind the wheel. >> million taxpayers are missing out on federal tax refunds and time is running out to claim the money. the i.r.s. is holding $917 million in unclaimed tax refunds from 2009. if you forgot do file a return

you could be entitled to part of the money. half the refunds are worth over $500 but you have to file by april 15 or the money goes back to the treasury for good l -- there is no easy way to find out if you have money. many low onincome taxpayers and are not required to file a tax return. >> the nation's largest community college fights for its survival. the major deadline looming today for san francisco city college.

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> hope there is an extra people in your step because it is friday. thanks for joining us. >> we will find out if the weather is contributing to the pep in your step. >> i hope so. there is no rain on live doppler 7 hd showing dry conditions. check out our visibility, nine miles at half moon bay and santa rosa and everyone else is unlimited with mostly clear conditions and we will have high clouds and sunshine this afternoon. clouds will not be so thick as yesterday with democrats in the same ballpark and mid-60's to 70's an the bay. we will have upper 50's to near 60 on the coast. >> c.h.p. is updating the wood debris on the bay bridge on the incline section with a car that hit the wood so that is a stall.

watch out. bridge crews are on the way but it is looking good. we still have status quo in live more with the right lane blocked eastbound, the reverse commute and 580 with an early big rig that caught on fire. the rig is still there and the investigation is underway. we have road work coming from antioch or going into antioch eastbound for the reverse commute direction in the lanes for a few more minutes and westbound as you can see, it is looking good from antioch to pittsburg. >> we are following developing news in the east bay. police are investigating the shooting death of a man during rush hour at the richmond bart station. we were over the scene as the officers searched the area forest. it happened outside on the top of the stare case that commuters use to go in and out of the station. investigators say two men are behind the shooting. witnesses told officers the pair took off running after the shooting, and bart service is running normally and the station is open. abc7 news